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If you just took any random former player and named them GM, you would get the results of Ran Carthon. I don't believe he had any unique skills or knowledge about anything. He's just a player who washed out of the league and wanted to be a GM. Those are his only qualifications. The next GM has to have a serious track record of responsibility and success for doing this. The KC guy would be very hard to pass up if he'll take the job.

And that haul would include Hunter, Carter, or McMillan this year, plus another 2nd or 3rd this year, AND likely two top 15 picks next year...one being our own and either the Giants' or Raiders', which are probably top 5 picks. Plus maybe more.

Trade back. I think Ward would have a chance to be very, very good, but honestly, I take that risk. We need to accumulate a bunch of 1-3 rd picks over the next 2-3 years to turn this thing around.

I'm not impressed. Every single failed NFL QB had amazing college highlight videos. Shredding college defenses in highlights and statistics means basically nothing. If it did, Case Keenum would have gone #1. They're going to want to know that he has elite measurables you can't get anywhere else and a total mastery and understanding of defenses at an extremely high level before making him a #1 pick. Or, at least they better. If you are sold by videos like this, you would have probably taken Malik Willis #1.

Remember when the Browns requested a HC interview with Condoleezza Rice?

Yes. FA absolutely have to be part of the equation. It's not one way or the other. The problem is, we simply haven't done well with FAs. Some of it's just bad luck with injuries, but everything relies on your FA signings simply playing well. Yes Caserio and the Texans rebuilt in a big way through the draft with Stroud, Nico, and Will Anderson, but the FA signings of Danielle Hunter, Mixon, Dalton Schultz, etc. were all massive hits. You gotta have a GM who doesn't constantly miss on FAs.

If you read the the 1st sentence and thought it would be a great post if you kept going, you were proven to be wrong.

Maybe, but the number of teams tanking for Arch Manning in that draft will be insane. We would need to go 0-17 in 2026 if we want him. Not impossible if Carthon keeps doing his thing.

Stupidity is #1 for me, but they and their agents are able to fool people into drafting them anyway now so who really knows. I never thought Levis was dumb/slow, but I definitely do now. There are simply no set standards, and to the extent there are, there are huge exceptions. I think Lamar Jackson is one of the real-world dumbest QBs ever, and he's about to win his second straight MVP.

VY had a 65% completion rate in college, same as Ward. Both of them far better than Peyton or Brady. I just don't know how to judge college QBs these days, and I don't think anyone else does either. It really IS just a total gamble on whether or not the skills translate to this level. It's not the same game.

Train wreck of a season. The worst I can remember, and hardly any hope in sight. The season "highlight" video would only be about 20 seconds long...the only positive play that sticks out was the 99 yd TD to NWI, and that was a total fluke they could never do again. Just a pitiful season no matter how you look at it. Fire/cut everybody...fuck it!

I think Houston scores easily their first drive, benches all key players immediately afterward, and Titans win 13-10.

Titans britches report for Sunday... leather gimp suit

By the time we get the other positions somewhat re-stocked to a competitive level, we'll need new RBs and CBs, and Simmons will be done. 2 or 3 seasons from now, we'll probably only have Latham, Skoronski, Sweat, and Stonehouse. Everybody else will be long gone.

The articles were referring to them as possible trade targets. Especially Browning, due to his history with Callahan. It was just talking about how both have been somewhat impressive in limited opportunities.